Child-Resistant Tube: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.49 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.05 at volume, on a typical 30-day lead time. These medians come from published supplier pricing. Treat them as a starting point for a sourcing conversation rather than a binding quote.
Median price by order quantity
| Order size | Median /unit |
|---|---|
| 500–999 units | $0.49 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.10 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.08 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.065 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.055 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.05 |
What moves the price
For child-resistant tube, the drivers are tube length, cap style, material, child-resistant certification, print method — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published wholesale pricing for child-resistant tubes varies sharply by material and route: US retail/wholesale distributors quote roughly $0.05–$0.18 per unit at 1,000–35,000-unit scales for standard plastic CR tubes, while custom or specialty glass/aluminum tubes are much higher. The cheapest realistic route for a mid-range custom-printed configuration is usually a factory/import program or a US converter reselling imported stock, because domestic wholesale pages often show unprinted stock pricing and custom print can add setup and unit cost. At the 100k+ tier, landed-equivalent factory pricing can reach the high-$0.04s to low-$0.07s per unit for simple plastic CR tubes, but this assumes standard dimensions and decoration rather than premium print or specialty materials
Paying more than the median?
If you reorder child-resistant tube regularly, run a free savings check — enter what you pay and see it against these researched medians, item by item. About three minutes, no card or account.